[AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? Was RE: OT search inname attachments in outlook2003

1. Error handling.
Enough said.

2.  Simplicity.
There are many things which I need to do in code that  can't be done in macros, I don;t want 
to look in one place for half of my application and somewhere else for the other half - so I do 
it all in code.

3.  Maintainability.
It's much easier to search through and edit code modules than it is to search through macros 
and the actions in them.


-- 
Stuart

On 22 Feb 2010 at 16:13, Drew Wutka wrote:

> Interesting question Rocky.
> 
> Macros serve their purpose, but if it can be done in code just as
> easily, there is no real reason to use a Macro.
> 
> Drew
> 
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:42 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? Was RE: OT search
> inname attachments in outlook2003
> 
> General question on macros:   why have they fallen into disfavor?  
> 
> I had an opportunity to fill in as a teacher of an advanced Access
> course
> and a lot of the course was on macros which I never use.  Got a legacy
> 2007
> app to work with last month and it was full of macros.
> 
> Macros:  good or bad?  
> 
> TIA
> 
> Rocky
> 
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